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Commissioners press for stronger parks maintenance, new contracts and staffing after master-plan push
Summary
Cooper City commissioners urged immediate changes to parks maintenance and operations to support a recently completed parks master plan. Requests included funding for friendship benches, autism-friendly signs, monument signs design work, improved contract standards for neighborhood parks, and adding or reassigning staff to address irrigation and
Commissioners told staff they want the city to follow through on the parks and recreation master plan with not just capital projects but improved day-to-day maintenance, contract oversight and staffing.
Commissioner Katzmann said she would "like to fund" a friendship-bench program brought to the commission and requested budget support for autism-friendly signage and programming. Katzmann also urged more money for field maintenance so projects do not repeatedly return to the commission for fixes.
Commissioners and staff discussed monument and wayfinding signage included in the beautification plan. City Manager said the city recently awarded continuing-services contracts and "we selected 13…
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